DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION: Memory Strategies

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DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONMemory Strategies

• Dr. Laura Bixler
• East Central University
• Director of Special Education
• 580-559-5351
• lbixler_at_ecok.edu

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MEMORY STRATEGIES

• RULE OF THUMB
• USE MEMORY STRATEGIES AFTER INSTRUCTION.
• Student must understand what they are to
  remember before they memorize it.

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TYPES OF MEMORY STRATAGIES

• Mnemonics
• Graphic Organizers
• Association
• Miscellaneous

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Verbal Mnemonics (Letter/Acronyms)

• EXAMPLES
• Order of Operations (Math)
• Please ( )
• Excuse 4²
• My x
• Dear
• Aunt
• Sally -

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Verbal Mnemonics (Letter/Acronyms)

• I Am A Person
• (Four Oceans)
• Indian
• Artic
• Atlantic
• Pacific

• HOMES
• (5 Great Lakes)
• Huron
• Ontario
• Michigan
• Erie
• Superior

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Verbal Mnemonics Keyword Format

• Picture of familiar object that is phonetically
  similar to the term to be learned.
• Example Most common frogs belong to the Raindae
  family.

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Verbal Mnemonics Pegwords

• Each of several pairs of preselected rhyming
  words is associated with an item in a sequence to
  facilitate the memory of numbered or ordered
  information.
• Example Insects on a stick The stick reminds
  you insects have six legs.

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Verbal Mnemonics Mimetic Format Pictorial
representations of the targeted information

Example Five Civilized Tribes
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Verbal Mnemonic Symbolic

• Use common symbols to represent critical
  information.
• Example A dove represents peace.

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Verbal Mnemonic Rhyme (i.e.,
jingles, poems, music)

• Words in a constructed rhyme represent
  information to be mastered.
• Examples
• In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
• Shurley English Method
• James Taylor song, Winter, Spring, Summer, or
  Fall
• Song for 50 states and capitals

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Graphic Organizers Provide visual or spatial
framework for organizing important conceptual
relationships. ( www.graphics.org )

• Types of Graphic Organizers
• Tree Diagrams
• Semantic/Web (Kidspiration/Inspiration Software
  Program)
• Linear String
• Timelines (www.Freeology.com/graphicorgs/timeline
  )
• Maps Story, Concept, Word Definition
• Comparison/Contrast Venn Diagram, Patterns

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ASSOCIATION

• Familiar information tied to new/unfamiliar
  information.
• Example
• See handout on Peanut Butter Sandwich activity